Anyone know of any good spots? Its been about 5 years since i was homeless maybe even closer to six. So i don't know of any good parking spots in the Seattle area anymore. I used to bounce between the Ballard area and the U-District but i've recently found out that they cracked down hard on that and most places around there now have NO overnight parking signs or require parking permits <img src="/images/boards/smilies/frown.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" /><br />My RV is a Gas Hog so i cant move around a whole helluva lot. Id like to find a spot where i can set up shop for as long as possible without having to move, and i definitely don't want to be harassed by cops constantly. I'm going to be damn near flat broke when i get there as the gas to get from Eugene to seattle is going to run me near 150 bucks! and thats half my monthly budget right there already. Any help would be totally appreciated!<br /><br />-Wes-<br /><br />Also as an Addendum my RV is 23ft Long and a Class C
Question about Boondocking in Seattle Area
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<br id="tinymce" class="mceContentBody " />There is a thread here that covered boondocking <a href="/post/boondocking-in-seattle-6037891?highlight=seattle">click here</a>.<br /><br />Wish you lots of luck!
Hey Wes. Here is a site with free campgrounds. I'm not sure which are closest to Seattle, but if you scroll down to WA state, there are a good number listed. Good luck!<br /><br />Edit: http://www.eugenecarsey.com/camp/default.htm<br /><br />This one is off the I5 Corridor - http://www.eugenecarsey.com/camp/capitol/fallcreek.htm
Welcome to the forums!( A little late I know. 
)<br /><br /> Here's a link to an earlier discussion on RV parking in Seattle - <a href="/post/boondocking-in-seattle-6037891">https://vanlivingforum.com/post/boondocking-in-seattle-6037891</a>
)<br /><br /> Here's a link to an earlier discussion on RV parking in Seattle - <a href="/post/boondocking-in-seattle-6037891">https://vanlivingforum.com/post/boondocking-in-seattle-6037891</a>Seattlesun
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Hi, I see the thread is quite a few years old but here goes anyway.
I recently bought a 1988 24' Sprinter by Mallard. Definitely not a stealth van, at all. Beginning in April of this year I started boondocking on Seattle city streets. I moved out of a house in the Beacon hill neighborhood and really fell in love with the area the past ten years prior in the house. Very convenient to transit (both bus and light rail), very quiet, and for the most part (its starting to change now with the overwhelming homeless crisis as of late) people have this live and let live attitude, at least in this neighborhood.
1] I have taken to trying and for the most part succeeding in finding empty abandoned dilapidated looking properties to park in front of, so I don't piss off the neighbors or take their parking spot.
2] Although my rig is 30 yrs old it has been very well taken care of and could pass for 10 or so. No tarps slung over the roof. No broken or boarded up windows.
3] When I am either forced out by the "72 hour" per block parking rules here in Seattle. Judgemental, nosey, jerks use it to push me on down the road without giving me a chance or even talking to me. Or when I choose to pull away and find different "accommodations", I make sure you cannot tell I was even parked there. Something that is very easy to do, yet most homeless/vandwellers/rver's here in Seattle have failed to do and then we all get a bad image.
4] Most times nomads are either given an area or take over one. It very quickly turns into a trash heap with needles/paraphernalia, prostitution, drug use/dealing, and all sort of negative activities. People begging/pushing and quite aggressively for money/food/whatever.
I mention the last two items not as something I do but something that hurts my chances of staying anywhere to long before I even park. It really has gotten out of hand and very quickly needs to be addressed by the city before something really bad happens and no one is allowed to boondock.
Lets stop this rambaling wall of text.
In closing Seattle still has its opportunities to boondock/van dwell/live in your car. So please keep it clean amd if you see me rolling through please wave.
Jennifer
I recently bought a 1988 24' Sprinter by Mallard. Definitely not a stealth van, at all. Beginning in April of this year I started boondocking on Seattle city streets. I moved out of a house in the Beacon hill neighborhood and really fell in love with the area the past ten years prior in the house. Very convenient to transit (both bus and light rail), very quiet, and for the most part (its starting to change now with the overwhelming homeless crisis as of late) people have this live and let live attitude, at least in this neighborhood.
1] I have taken to trying and for the most part succeeding in finding empty abandoned dilapidated looking properties to park in front of, so I don't piss off the neighbors or take their parking spot.
2] Although my rig is 30 yrs old it has been very well taken care of and could pass for 10 or so. No tarps slung over the roof. No broken or boarded up windows.
3] When I am either forced out by the "72 hour" per block parking rules here in Seattle. Judgemental, nosey, jerks use it to push me on down the road without giving me a chance or even talking to me. Or when I choose to pull away and find different "accommodations", I make sure you cannot tell I was even parked there. Something that is very easy to do, yet most homeless/vandwellers/rver's here in Seattle have failed to do and then we all get a bad image.
4] Most times nomads are either given an area or take over one. It very quickly turns into a trash heap with needles/paraphernalia, prostitution, drug use/dealing, and all sort of negative activities. People begging/pushing and quite aggressively for money/food/whatever.
I mention the last two items not as something I do but something that hurts my chances of staying anywhere to long before I even park. It really has gotten out of hand and very quickly needs to be addressed by the city before something really bad happens and no one is allowed to boondock.
Lets stop this rambaling wall of text.
In closing Seattle still has its opportunities to boondock/van dwell/live in your car. So please keep it clean amd if you see me rolling through please wave.
Jennifer
